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JessicaMarli Lake Worth, FL Apr 22, 2015

Found this guy on my side mirror of my car. I live in South Florida. Can anybody tell me what this is?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Apr 23, 2015

This 'guy' is a girl; it's a female orb weaving spider, possibly a tropical orb weaver in the genus Eriophora.

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porkpal Richmond, TX Apr 23, 2015

Cool looking creature!

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JessicaMarli Lake Worth, FL Apr 23, 2015

Thank you! She was rather pretty and I wanted to know what type she was. I let her be and let her find her own way. I didn't want to move her, I think moving any type of animal can stress it and I didn't want to do that. How are you able to identify the type of spider? What gives it away or lets you know by looking at it, which type it is?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Apr 23, 2015

Most spiders have a characteristic appearance and/or pose that often allows tentative identification to at least the family level. This spider was immediately recognizable as an orb weaver (family Araneidae), and I believe that Eriophora is the most likely genus based on the appearance of its abdomen. I would be more certain if I could see it with its legs spread out.

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